Published: Sunday, September 8, 2013 at 6:26 p.m.

Last Modified: Sunday, September 8, 2013 at 8:34 p.m.

DELTONA — West Volusia law enforcement officials have in recent months investigated burglaries and robberies by suspects who don’t live here and try to get the loot they’ve stolen back home, usually in nearby Seminole and Orange counties.

Volusia County sheriff’s officials say crimes committed by outsiders aren’t a daily occurrence, but elaborate response plans and cooperation across borders are in place to keep robbery suspects from escaping.

Criminals from Orange and Seminole counties and the city of Sanford are known to come to Deltona and DeBary to carry out residential burglaries, robberies, home invasions and even a reported case of a drive-by shooting, said Capt. Dave Brannon, the Sheriff’s Office District 4 commander in Deltona.

The suspects then use Interstate 4, State Road 415 and U.S. 17-92 as escape routes to get back to the counties and cities where they came from, Brannon and Sheriff’s Office investigator William Maxwell said.

That was what Jared Hunt, 41, and Westley Lampkins, 40, were doing Oct. 18, 2012, after robbing the TD Bank at 21 S. Charles R. Beall Blvd. in DeBary, deputies said. They drove recklessly at speeds sometimes exceeding 100 mph in their effort to elude police.

What the suspects didn’t know was that from the moment they barged into the bank at 1:16 p.m. with guns drawn, they triggered a Sheriff’s Office emergency response plan, deputies said. So, even as they eluded deputies in Volusia, a network of law enforcement officers from surrounding agencies were quickly mobilizing to cut off their escape.

Hunt and Lampkins veered off I-4 onto Lake Mary Boulevard, making a few spins on side roads. Thinking they had the lead on police, they pulled into a vacant lot near the I-4 wall, and ran from the car with Lampkins carrying the backpack full of money, deputies said. They hopped over the wall, thinking freedom was on the other side.

“What they didn’t expect to see as they came up the embankment was a ring of law enforcement officers from Seminole County and Lake Mary waiting for them,” said Capt. Brannon, commander of the Volusia Sheriff’s Office district in Deltona. “It was a textbook example of how well we work with other law enforcement agencies.”

Hunt and Lampkins were captured and charged with armed robbery, deputies said.

What made the capture successful were the measures the Sheriff’s Office put in place to combat crimes by criminals who have no borders, Brannon said.

Maxwell and a team of investigators, who include Heather Welch and Stella Ott, cooperate with authorities in Seminole County and Sanford police.

Maxwell meets biweekly and monthly with Sanford police and Seminole deputies, and shares information on criminal activity in Deltona. Likewise, Sanford and Seminole County share information on Volusia criminals carrying out crimes in their areas, Volusia officials said.

Investigators from the three agencies know what criminal activity is being monitored. When a suspect is captured, they can check to see if the suspect has committed crimes in their jurisdictions, Maxwell said.

“After all these crimes started happening, something had to be done, and although we can’t go into other agencies’ jurisdictions, we can establish a working relationship with them,” Maxwell said.

The Seminole County Sheriff’s Office and Sanford police did not respond to requests for comments.

The Volusia Sheriff’s Office has also exchanged radios with Sanford and Seminole County so they can follow, without delay, dispatch transmissions of crimes as they are being committed in Deltona or DeBary. Another step taken to combat across-the-county-line criminals include daily sharing of information with patrol deputies and surrounding agencies so they are updated on the suspects being sought.

That cooperation between agencies helped capture Jamiroquan McGill, 17, of Sanford, who investigators say plagued Deltona with residential burglaries. His MO: kicking in the front doors of homes, they said.

Because of information shared, a deputy was able to spot McGill as he entered Volusia via State Road 415 on March 8. McGill was linked to at least 20 Deltona home burglaries, but when he was captured, Sanford police informed Volusia authorities they wanted McGill for attempted murder, officials said.

Orange City police Cmdr. Jason Sampsell said his department over the past several years has arrested people on a variety of different crimes, such as burglaries and robberies, and the vast majority are from “outside our jurisdiction.”

In October 2012, two armed Orlando men invaded a home in DeBary and stole a car, but their crime spree didn’t end in DeBary. The men used the stolen car to hold up the TD Bank on North Volusia Avenue in Orange City, officials said.

And those robbers were also taken off the street by the interagency cooperation.

Even as the robbers changed vehicles, they were tracked down, and the suspects were captured in Seminole County after they crashed their getaway vehicle.

Sampsell said working with other agencies helps capture violent criminals when they commit crimes. The Sheriff’s Office has patrols monitoring the State Road 415 corridor, and that is helpful, he said.

Although Brannon and Maxwell said they could not quantify the number of crimes committed in Deltona by criminals from neighboring cities and counties, they said it is not a daily occurrence. But when the crimes occasionally happen, they are ready to deal with them.

In December 2012, a Sanford burglar broke into a Deltona home where a woman was sleeping and stole a 60-inch television, a shotgun and a rifle, but he did not get away.

Investigators said Jacqueline LaBonte woke up to see the burglar walking out of the house. She called her boyfriend, who called 9-1-1. Deputies were able to quickly find the car, as the 60-inch flat screen television taken from LaBonte’s Enterprise-Osteen Road home was seen sticking out of the car’s trunk as suspect Anthony Defalco tried to make his way back to Sanford, officials said.

In his haste to get away from deputies, Defalco crashed the car into a tree and was caught, officials said.

Victims of the burglaries declined to comment.

The crimes worry Deltona Vice Mayor Zenaida Denizac, but she said she is pleased to know the Sheriff’s Office is working to curtail them.

“I feel confident that Captain Brannon and the Volusia County Sheriff’s department, through collaborative problem-solving across jurisdictions, are doing everything within their power to reduce crime in Deltona,” Denizac said.

<p><span class="Dateline">DELTONA —</span> West Volusia law enforcement officials have in recent months investigated burglaries and robberies by suspects who don't live here and try to get the loot they've stolen back home, usually in nearby Seminole and Orange counties.</p><p>Volusia County sheriff's officials say crimes committed by outsiders aren't a daily occurrence, but elaborate response plans and cooperation across borders are in place to keep robbery suspects from escaping.</p><p>Criminals from Orange and Seminole counties and the city of Sanford are known to come to Deltona and DeBary to carry out residential burglaries, robberies, home invasions and even a reported case of a drive-by shooting, said Capt. Dave Brannon, the Sheriff's Office District 4 commander in Deltona.</p><p>The suspects then use Interstate 4, State Road 415 and U.S. 17-92 as escape routes to get back to the counties and cities where they came from, Brannon and Sheriff's Office investigator William Maxwell said.</p><p>That was what Jared Hunt, 41, and Westley Lampkins, 40, were doing Oct. 18, 2012, after robbing the TD Bank at 21 S. Charles R. Beall Blvd. in DeBary, deputies said. They drove recklessly at speeds sometimes exceeding 100 mph in their effort to elude police. </p><p>What the suspects didn't know was that from the moment they barged into the bank at 1:16 p.m. with guns drawn, they triggered a Sheriff's Office emergency response plan, deputies said. So, even as they eluded deputies in Volusia, a network of law enforcement officers from surrounding agencies were quickly mobilizing to cut off their escape.</p><p>Hunt and Lampkins veered off I-4 onto Lake Mary Boulevard, making a few spins on side roads. Thinking they had the lead on police, they pulled into a vacant lot near the I-4 wall, and ran from the car with Lampkins carrying the backpack full of money, deputies said. They hopped over the wall, thinking freedom was on the other side.</p><p>“What they didn't expect to see as they came up the embankment was a ring of law enforcement officers from Seminole County and Lake Mary waiting for them,” said Capt. Brannon, commander of the Volusia Sheriff's Office district in Deltona. “It was a textbook example of how well we work with other law enforcement agencies.”</p><p>Hunt and Lampkins were captured and charged with armed robbery, deputies said.</p><p>What made the capture successful were the measures the Sheriff's Office put in place to combat crimes by criminals who have no borders, Brannon said.</p><p>Maxwell and a team of investigators, who include Heather Welch and Stella Ott, cooperate with authorities in Seminole County and Sanford police. </p><p>Maxwell meets biweekly and monthly with Sanford police and Seminole deputies, and shares information on criminal activity in Deltona. Likewise, Sanford and Seminole County share information on Volusia criminals carrying out crimes in their areas, Volusia officials said. </p><p>Investigators from the three agencies know what criminal activity is being monitored. When a suspect is captured, they can check to see if the suspect has committed crimes in their jurisdictions, Maxwell said.</p><p>“After all these crimes started happening, something had to be done, and although we can't go into other agencies' jurisdictions, we can establish a working relationship with them,” Maxwell said.</p><p>The Seminole County Sheriff's Office and Sanford police did not respond to requests for comments.</p><p>The Volusia Sheriff's Office has also exchanged radios with Sanford and Seminole County so they can follow, without delay, dispatch transmissions of crimes as they are being committed in Deltona or DeBary. Another step taken to combat across-the-county-line criminals include daily sharing of information with patrol deputies and surrounding agencies so they are updated on the suspects being sought.</p><p>That cooperation between agencies helped capture Jamiroquan McGill, 17, of Sanford, who investigators say plagued Deltona with residential burglaries. His MO: kicking in the front doors of homes, they said. </p><p>Because of information shared, a deputy was able to spot McGill as he entered Volusia via State Road 415 on March 8. McGill was linked to at least 20 Deltona home burglaries, but when he was captured, Sanford police informed Volusia authorities they wanted McGill for attempted murder, officials said.</p><p>Orange City police Cmdr. Jason Sampsell said his department over the past several years has arrested people on a variety of different crimes, such as burglaries and robberies, and the vast majority are from “outside our jurisdiction.” </p><p>In October 2012, two armed Orlando men invaded a home in DeBary and stole a car, but their crime spree didn't end in DeBary. The men used the stolen car to hold up the TD Bank on North Volusia Avenue in Orange City, officials said. </p><p>And those robbers were also taken off the street by the interagency cooperation. </p><p>Even as the robbers changed vehicles, they were tracked down, and the suspects were captured in Seminole County after they crashed their getaway vehicle.</p><p>Sampsell said working with other agencies helps capture violent criminals when they commit crimes. The Sheriff's Office has patrols monitoring the State Road 415 corridor, and that is helpful, he said.</p><p>Although Brannon and Maxwell said they could not quantify the number of crimes committed in Deltona by criminals from neighboring cities and counties, they said it is not a daily occurrence. But when the crimes occasionally happen, they are ready to deal with them.</p><p>In December 2012, a Sanford burglar broke into a Deltona home where a woman was sleeping and stole a 60-inch television, a shotgun and a rifle, but he did not get away. </p><p>Investigators said Jacqueline LaBonte woke up to see the burglar walking out of the house. She called her boyfriend, who called 9-1-1. Deputies were able to quickly find the car, as the 60-inch flat screen television taken from LaBonte's Enterprise-Osteen Road home was seen sticking out of the car's trunk as suspect Anthony Defalco tried to make his way back to Sanford, officials said.</p><p>In his haste to get away from deputies, Defalco crashed the car into a tree and was caught, officials said.</p><p>Victims of the burglaries declined to comment. </p><p>The crimes worry Deltona Vice Mayor Zenaida Denizac, but she said she is pleased to know the Sheriff's Office is working to curtail them.</p><p>“I feel confident that Captain Brannon and the Volusia County Sheriff's department, through collaborative problem-solving across jurisdictions, are doing everything within their power to reduce crime in Deltona,” Denizac said.</p><br><br><br>